Track for hay-distributers.



c. E. ANDERSON.

TRACK FOR HAY DISTRIBUTERS. APPLICATION FILED sE PT. l 1. I917.

1 fifi 1 a Patented June 4, 1918( CALVERT E. ANDERSON, 0E'ROGKP.ORT,-INDIANA.

TRACK FOR HAY-DISTRIBUTE RS.

Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented June a, 1918.

Original application filed May 26, 1917, Serial No. 171,265. Divided and this application filed September 11, 1917. Serial No. 190,808.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CALVERT E. ANDER- soN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rockport, in the county of Spencer and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tracks for Hay-Distributers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to tracks for hay distributers, the present application being a division of an application filed by me May 26, 1917, Serial No. 171,265.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the track;

Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the bumper block;

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view showing the joint between the track rails.

The track is disposed transversely within a barn in an inclined position so that a car mounted thereon will ride down it by gravity to discharge a load of hay therefrom. The track consists of the rails 10 which may be of desired length and are connected at such intervals as may be deemed advisable by the ties 11. The ties are secured to the rails by right-angular brackets 12 which are fitted in the angles formed by the intersecting surface of the ties and the rails and have bolts or other fastening devices inserted through their branches into the ties and the rails respectively. The rails and ties will thus be rigidly secured together so that spreading of the rails will be positively prevented. The upper rails or track sections have their upper extremities turned upwardly, as shown at 13, and these up turned ends bear against the beam 3 of the barn, brackets or lugs 14 being secured upon said beam and bearing against the up turned ends 13 of the rails to receive suitable fastening devices whereby the rails will be secured to the beam. The upturned terminals 13 of the rails will be provided with a plurality of openings '15 so that the track may be adjusted to attain the desired inclination. The meeting ends ofthe rails are joined in the manner shown in Fig. 3, one

of the rails being provided with a mortise or recess 16 to receive a tongue 17 formed upon the end of the meeting rail and openings 18 being formed through the rail and the tongue to receive a transverse retaining pin or bolt so that movement of the rails or track sections relative to each other will be prevented. The rail joints are supported by a beam 19 which is so disposed that the joints will be vertically over the longitudinal medial line of the beam so that bending of the rails at the joints cannot occur. This beam 19 will be supported by chains or similar connections 20 secured in the eyes or rings 21 at the ends of the beam and engaged over hooks 22 upon the posts or other supports 23 within the barn. At the lower end of the track, I provide a cross bar 24L and to said cross bar at the center of the same I secure a tripping device 25 consisting of a plate bolted to the bar and having its surface facing the track inclined downwardly and away from the track so that a trigger upon the car impinging against the trip will be deflected downwardly so as to release an end gate on the car and permit the load to discharge. Near the said cross bar 24 I provide stops or shoulders 26 upon the rails which will be engaged by the wheels of the car and arrest the travel of the same so as to sustain the weight ofthe car and prevent it running oil" the end of the track. At a proper point near the upper end of the track, I provide the bumper 27 which is adapted to be engaged by suitable devices on the car to restore the end gate to its normal position as the car returns to the upper limit of its travel. To enable the bumper to withstand the strains placed thereon, I provide braces 28 which have their upper ends secured in the bumper and their lower ends secured in the track rails, as shown clearly in Fig. 2.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A track for hay distributers consisting of inclined rails having their upper ends upturned and provided with a plurality of perforations, brackets secured rigidly to a fixed support adjacent the sides of the upturned ends of the rails, and fastening de- Vices inserted through said brackets and their lower ends attached to said supporting 10 through perforations in the upturned ends beam and their upper portions adjustably 0f the rails whereby said ends Will be adconnected with fixed supports at the sides just'ably' supported. of the rails.

5 2. A track for hay distributers compris- In testimony whereofI aflix my signature.

ing rails, a supporting beam passing under the rails, and suspending devices having CALVERT E. ANDERSON. EL. 5.]

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five vents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. G. 

